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US007513876B2
(12) United States Patent ao) Patent No.: Us 7,513,876 B2
Casscells et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Apr. 7,2009
(54) DETECTING THERMAL DISCREPANCIES IN VESSEL WALLS
(75) Inventors: S. Ward Casscells, Houston, TX (US);
James T. Willerson, Houston, TX (US)
(73) Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Houston, TX (US)
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 133 days.
This patent is subject to a terminal dis- claimer.
(21) Appl.No.: 11/273,683
(22) Filed: Nov. 14, 2005
(65) Prior Publication Data
US 2006/0094980 Al May 4, 2006
Related U.S. Application Data
(60) Continuation of application No. 10/222,342, filed on Aug. 16, 2002, now Pat. No. 6,993,382, which is a continuation of application No. 09/268,609, filed on Mar. 15, 1999, now Pat. No. 6,475,159, which is a division of application No. 08/717,449, filed on Sep. 20, 1996, now Pat. No. 5,935,075.
(60) Provisional application No. 60/004,061, filed on Sep. 20, 1995.
(51) Int. CI.
A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
(52) U.S. CI 600/549
(58) Field of Classification Search 600/549,
600/474,477,478; 606/7,15,33; 607/122 See application file for complete search history.
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